JupiterHost.Net wrote: > How come "use MODULE VERSION;" works sometimes and not others? > > In this case: > > $ perl -mstrict -we 'use CGI 3.12;print "$CGI::VERSION\n";' > CGI version 3.12 required--this is only version 3.11 at -e line 1. > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at -e line 1. > $ perl -mstrict -we 'use File::Copy::Recursive 0.15;print > "$File::Copy::Recursive::VERSION\n";' > 0.14 > $ > > Very odd...
If you look here: http://search.cpan.org/src/DMUEY/File-Copy-Recursive-0.13/Recursive.pm You'll see that the author of this module has incorrectly implemented the VERSION method as: sub VERSION { $VERSION } >From perldoc UNIVERSAL: "VERSION ( [ REQUIRE ] )" "VERSION" will return the value of the variable $VERSION in the package the object is blessed into. If "REQUIRE" is given then it will do a comparison and die if the package version is not greater than or equal to "REQUIRE". "VERSION" can be called as either a class (static) method, an object method or a function. You should notify the module author to fix this (by removing his method) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
